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121009_buchstaben-mosaik.jsx

main();
function main () {
    
    /*** create document ***/
    
    var phw = 200; // variable that holds the width/height of the page
    var doc = app.documents.add();
    doc.documentPreferences.pageWidth = phw;
    doc.documentPreferences.pageHeight = phw;
    doc.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;

    var page = doc.pages.item(0);


    /*** create swatches for the first textframe ***/

    var colors1 = new Array(); // array that holds the swatches
    var colors2 = new Array(); // another that holds the swatches
    var section = 5;
    for(var i=0; i<section; i++){
            var my_color = doc.colors.add();
            
            var R = Math.random() * 255;
            var G = Math.random() * 255;
            var B = Math.random() * 10;
            
            // determine the brightness of the color
            my_color_brightness = R + G + B;
            
            my_color.name = "helligkeit" + my_color_brightness;
            my_color.model = ColorModel.PROCESS;
            my_color.space = ColorSpace.RGB;
            my_color.colorValue = [R,G,B];
            
            colors1.push({"color": my_color,"name":my_color.name,"brightness":my_color_brightness});
            colors2.push({"color": my_color,"name":my_color.name,"brightness":my_color_brightness});
            
        }

    //alert(colors1.toSource());

    /*
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    @fabiantheblind
    Now lets sort these colors with our custom sort function below the main function
    */

    colors1.sort(custom_compare);
    colors2.sort(compare_customly);


    //alert(colors1.toSource());

    /*
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    @fabiantheblind
    you can acess your color now via
    you need to use an index or an loop
    colors1[i].color ID Color object
    colors1[i].name String
    colors1[i].brightness Number
    */


    /*** create textframe ***/
    
    var topLeft = 0 + 10; // variable that holds the xy-coordinates of the upper-left corner of the textframe
    var rightBottom = phw - 10; // variable that holds the xy-coordinates of the bottom-right corner of the textframe

    // format text
    var myfont = app.fonts.item("Delicious"+"\t"+"BoldItalic");

    // create textframe
    var tf = page.textFrames.add({
            geometricBounds: [topLeft, topLeft, rightBottom, rightBottom],
            contents: 'a'
        });

    var firstChar = tf.characters.firstItem(); 
    firstChar.appliedFont = myfont; 
    firstChar.leading = 8;
    tf.contents = TextFrameContents.PLACEHOLDER_TEXT;


    /*** Apply colour to the characters ***/
   /* var chars = tf.characters; // all characters
    for(var j = 0; j <= (chars.length-section); j = j + section){
        for(var k=0; k < section; k++){
            $.writeln("Character: " + (j + k) + " apply Swatch: " + k);
            chars[j+k].fillColor = colors1[k].color;
        }
    }*/


    /*** Duplicate layer ***/
    var originalLayer = doc.layers.item(1); // get the first layer
    var duplicatedLayer = doc.layers.firstItem().duplicate(); // duplicate the existing layer
    originalLayer.name = "Outer Shape"; // rename original layer 
    duplicatedLayer.name = "Inner Shape"; // rename duplicated layer
    
    /*** Apply colour to the characters on the duplicated layer***/
    
    /*var dup_tf = page.textFrames.item(1); // get textframe on duplicated layer
    var dup_chars = dup_tf.characters; // all characters
    for(var l = 0; l <= (dup_chars.length-section); l = l + section){
        for(var m=0; m < section; m++){
            $.writeln("Character: " + (l + m) + " apply Swatch: " + m);
            dup_chars[l+m].fillColor = colors2[m].color;
        }
    }*/


    /*** create cutout-shape ***/
    
    var cutout_topLeft = 0 + 20; // variable that holds the xy-coordinates of the upper-left corner of the textframe
    var cutout_rightBottom = phw - 20; // variable that holds the xy-coordinates of the bottom-right corner of the textframe

    // create textframe
    var cutout_tf = page.textFrames.add({
            geometricBounds: [cutout_topLeft, cutout_topLeft, cutout_rightBottom, cutout_rightBottom],
            contents: 'a'
    });

    var ptsz = cutout_tf.paragraphs.item(0).pointSize; // get the actual pointsize
    
    cutout_tf.paragraphs.item(0).properties = {
        pointSize: 10,
        justification : Justification.CENTER_ALIGN,
    }
    cutout_tf.paragraphs.item(0).appliedFont = myfont;
    // if the tf is not overlflowing scale up
    while(cutout_tf.overflows == false){          
        cutout_tf.paragraphs.item(0).pointSize = ptsz;
            ptsz++;
    }

    // now he has overflow so scale down again until the overflow is gon
    while(cutout_tf.overflows == true){
            ptsz--;
            cutout_tf.paragraphs.item(0).pointSize = ptsz;
    }

}


/*
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is deep Javascript Stuff
you can write your custom comparator
read this Stackoverflow post
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1129216/sorting-objects-in-an-array-by-a-field-value-in-javascript
*/

function custom_compare(a,b) {
  if (a.brightness < b.brightness)
     return -1;
  if (a.brightness > b.brightness)
    return 1;
  return 0;
}

function compare_customly(a,b) {
  if (a.brightness > b.brightness)
     return -1;
  if (a.brightness < b.brightness)
    return 1;
  return 0;
}